Oral history.; Interview conducted on September 18, 1980 with Phillip West (born 1946). He has served as president of the NAACP of Adams County and as second vice-president for the state.
Oral history.; Interview conducted on March 26, 1977 with William Joel Blass (born 1917). As a lawyer in 1952, he successfully prosecuted the Boyce Holleman case by proving that voter fraud had kept Holleman from winning. Beginning in 1953, he...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on November 14, 1995 with Dr. Barry Clemson (born 1941). He attributes his interest in civil rights work in part to his membership in the Church of the Brethren, one of the "key civil rights churches." Clemson was...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Menachem Begin is building a platform on a wooden structure that extends outward from planet Earth. The earth is seen as a globe with latitude and longitude lines, and other planets in...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The footboard of a bedstead is labeled, "Vietnam controversy." In the bed are four figures, from left to right: a donkey in pajamas, a hawk with a rocket in its beak, a dove...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An angry, snarling tiger labeled, "Communist aggression in Vietnam" is surrounded by speech bubbles with words from people outside the cartoon frame. The words are, "It's a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. The earth is personified with a human face. A bandaged area is labeled "Tensions," and wounded areas are labeled, "Riots; Disagreement on nuclear disarmament; Vietnam; Ambitious...
cartoon by Ed Valtman; A man wearing a tie with dollar signs on it is holding a bag labeled "Congressional Pay Raises" in one hand and raising his other hand with his palm facing toward another man. This man is holding a paper that reads,"Ethics...
cartoon by Eddie Germano;"Red China" is represented by a greedy-looking man who is "Licking His Chops." He happily looks over the "India-Pakistan Conflct." This conflict on the ground shows many explosions.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam is wearing a military uniform and carrying a gun while wading through a swamp, which is labeled "Threats of new coups" and "Misuse of U.S. aid." Around him, the trees...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. In the left foreground, a very small soldier labeled "Anti-poverty" stands with arms raised holding a rifle and shouts, "Out of ammo!" Next to the soldier are an empty ammunition box...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eddie Germano. Uncle Sam is dressed as a firefighter. With a fire hose, he is spraying water on large smoky areas labeled "Asia, Cyprus, Congo." The cartoon caption reads, "Trying to keep them...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A large, bright question mark hovers in the night sky over the silhouette of a town. Minarets can be seen in the silhouette. Below the question mark, the words "Arab-Israeli...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev are standing on the side of a steep, rocky mountain. At their feet, appearing to have been dropped, is a paper labeled "Big-power settlement."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A boat labeled "Thailand" flying a pennant labeled "Independence" is caught in a whirlpool, the center of which is labeled "Vietnam conflict." Superimposed on the whirlpool is the...
Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 2, 1976 with James Cohen (born 1920). Since 1953, Mr. Cohen has been active in several civic associations in Hattiesburg and provides insight into the city's race relations and politics from the 1950s...
A collection of six interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on July 7, 2006 with George Dale (born 1940). Former Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Mississippi, Mr. Dale now serves as Public Policy Advisor for the law offices of Baker, Donelson. Dale discusses...
